Serving tray



L. LEVIEN SERVING TRAY May 7, 192-9.

Filed Aug. 16 1927 Patented May 7, 1929.

' UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE.

LOUIS LEVIEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR Tb CHARLOTTE MICHELBAOHER, OF SEAGATE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. Q

snnvmo TRAY.

Application filed August 16, 1927. Serial No. 213,237.

This invention relates to improvements in serving trays and slmllar articles and more particularly to lmprovements 1n holders made of glass ceramic material, metal, or

any other suitable material, for holding. glasses. v

A particular object of my invention is to provide a combination glass holder and ash tray made of glass or any suitable material for use on tables. Another object of my invention is to provide a combination glass holder and ash tray which will be as compact as possible and which will be adapted to be used on the corner or edge of any suit-able table.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combination holder which will also hold ci arettes.

Fnrt er objects of this invention will be ngs in which '26 apparent from the specification and draw- Fig. 1 is' a plan view showinga bridge table equipped with two of my Improved trays on adjoining corners thereof.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing my improved tray in position. Fig. 3 is a 'plan view of the bottom of my improved tray showing how same is located on the table, the table bein shown partly brolgen away to show the relatlon of the parts.

F1 4 is a vertical sectional view along the line 44 of Fig. 2 showing the tray in position and holding glasses, clgarettes, etc.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

, Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Flg. 2.

Accessories forbridge tables must necessarily occupy a minimum of s ace and for this reason I have devised a hol er for glasses and cigarettes e uip ed with an ash tray which is desi e to e set upon the corner of a bridge ta le out of the way ofv the players and which preferabl can be made or cast 45, from one piece of g ass with the exception of the retaining means which are attached to the underside of the tray.

In the drawing 10 represents the body of I the tra which 1s preferably made of glass or simi ar ceramic material having the circularrims 11 for holding glasses, 12. Centhereof and a separate ciated with said tray,

trally located between the two glass holders 11 is the rectangular cigarette holder 13 and for convenience of illustration I have shown said holder 13'containing cigarettes 14, as shown in Fig. 2. I do not wish to limit my invention to any particular relative location of the cigarette holder as it isto be understood that the embodiment shown herein is merely illustrative, and that I am not limited to the details shown therein.

15 is a depression in the body of the holder for holding matches or similar articles. 16

and 17 represent depressed portions of the body of the tray which will serve as receptacles for ashes. 18 is a ridge between the ash receptacles 16 and 1'1. 19 and 20 are depressions formed in the glass which serve as holders for cigarettes. Said depressions 19 and 20. are not aligned, so that the adjacent ends of cigarettes, etc., placed therein will not contact. 21 and 22 are indentations or depressions in the body of the holder 10 in which the' ends of, the metal clamp 24 engageso as to hold the tray securely on the bridge table. The clamp 24 is preferably 1 made of spring metal and has one end thereof terminating at the apex of the triangle formin the tra (see Figure 2), the other ends 0 the hol er engaging the depressions 21 and 22 indicated. That is, one arm of the clamp 24 is adapted as two spring arms, which extend above the gage the recesses 21 and 22. I

In order to hold the device in position, it is only necessar to have its depressions 21 and 22 engage by spring arms which are connected to an suitable part or parts extending under the table to clamp the holder in position, and I do not wish to limit myself to the specific form of clamp illustrated.

to bear u on the .underside of the table and this arm table and en- Likewise, I prefer to have the holder of triangular shape, butl do ited to this shape. Havin fully what I c aim is:

l 1. A table tray I of triangular form ha'vin receptacles therein, recesses formed in sai' tray ontwo edges spring clam not wish to be lim- I '95 described my invention,

for glasses andthe like,

US$0- sa1d clamp aving three arms, two of said arms being engaged and a spring clamp associated with said,

in said recesses and the third of said arms tray, said spring clamp having three-arms, bent to resiliently engage the underside of two of which fit into said recesses and the 10 the table, third being bent to resiliently engage the un- 5 2. A tray for glasses and the like, of subderside of the table. r

stantially triangular form, receptacles there- 'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. in, recesses formed on two edges of said tray LOUIS LEVIEN. 

